Tuesday, March 23, 2010

We Rule: Farmville-Like Iphone Game Strategy Guide (Tips and Tricks)

We Rule is a Farmville-like micromanagement iPhone game where you plant and harvest crops and build shops to expand your kingdom. Below are some techniques, tips and tricks that will hopefully guide you in getting the most enjoyment out of playing the game.

veggieCalc - An iPhone webapp which you can use to see which crops give you most profit in a certain time frame. Link is here.

Crop Stats (click the image below to enlarge)

Crop Growing Techniques
Essentially, the quicker the crop grows, the more profitable it is.

Business Building
Technically, the cheaper the building, the more profitable it is. However, if you plan on completely industrializing your kingdom, the tailor shop is a better bet, as its smaller size allows for more to be constructed - negating the effects of its slightly smaller profit margin to the mining camp.

Note: Avoid Farming Onion unless absolutely necessary for time; Onions take the first major decline in exp & coin per hour.

3. Peas --> Unlock Rice (15 min)

Note: If you have the time to babysit your crops, use wheat instead of Peas. Overall yield is about 1.5 times larger for both exp and coin. That said, if you find yourself not keeping up with the 5 min turnaround, you might as well just plant Peas.

4. Personally, rice seems to have the best compromise between value and downtime.

Buildings

While trying to level, you really only need 2-types of buildings: The Mining Camp and Tailor Shop (anything else is just for show).

The Mining Shop maximizes your cost to output/return ratio.
The Tailor Shop makes the best use of space.

Be sure to frequently accept orders and deliver orders.
Also, be sure to check your Plus+ network friends for "open" signs to place your own orders (which grant you money and exp).

I've just played 3 days ago and I'm now playing it very actively every day. I mostly plant peas during the day and thus will login & play every 30 minutes or so. Please add me, your orders will definitely be taken care of very diligently :) I only have 15 tailor shops for now, will add more variety in the future.